Abstract: State license plates and tourism brochures boast that Utah ski areas receive the ?greatest snow on Earth,? but is there really anything special about Utah's snow? Often it is argued in ski industry brochures that Utah's ...

Abstract: Contemporary snowfall forecasting is a three-step process involving a quantitative precipitation forecast (QPF), determination of precipitation type, and application of a snow-to-liquid ratio (SLR). The final step is often ...

Abstract: lthough several mountain ranges surround the Great Salt Lake (GSL) of northern Utah, the extent to which orography modifies GSL-effect precipitation remains largely unknown. Here the authors use observational and numerical ...

Abstract: anuary to 23 January 2010, a series of winter storms impacted the western United States. During this period, a record-setting system produced severe convection, high winds, and heavy rain and snow on 21?22 January. The ...

Abstract: his climatology examines the environmental factors controlling the frequency, occurrence, and morphology of Great Salt Lake?effect (GSLE) precipitation events using cool season (16 September?15 May) Weather Surveillance ...

Abstract: lthough smaller lakes are known to produce lake-effect precipitation, their influence on the precipitation climatology of lake-effect regions remains poorly documented. This study examines the contribution of lake-effect ...

Abstract: ontemporary operational medium-range ensemble modeling systems produce quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPFs) that provide guidance for weather forecasters, yet lack sufficient resolution to adequately resolve orographic ...

Abstract: AbstractThe High-Resolution Rapid Refresh?Alaska (HRRR-AK) modeling system provides 3-km horizontal resolution and 0?36-h forecast guidance for weather conditions over Alaska. This study evaluated the experimental version ...

Abstract: AbstractTraditional ensemble probabilities are computed based on the number of members that exceed a threshold at a given point divided by the total number of members. This approach has been employed for many years in ...